Hostos Community College

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College
Other name
Hostos Community College
TypePublic community college
Established1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Parent institution
City University of New York
EndowmentUS$2.2 million
PresidentDaisy Cocco De Filippis
ProvostShiang-Kwei Wang
Academic staff
499 (210 full-time faculty)
Students7,387
Address
500 Grand Concourse
, , ,
10451
,
United States

40°49′3″N 73°55′38″W / 40.81750°N 73.92722°W / 40.81750; -73.92722
Campusurban
LanguageEnglish and Spanish
Sporting affiliations
City University of New York Athletic Conference
MascotCaiman
Sportshostosathletics.com
Websitehostos.cuny.edu
Atrium of 450 Grand Concourse, Building C
Pedestrian walkway over the Grand Concourse connecting two halves of the Hostos campus.

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York is a public community college in the South Bronx, New York City. It is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system and was created by an act of the Board of Higher Education in 1968 in response to demands from the Hispanic/Puerto Rican community, which was urging for the establishment of a college to serve the people of the South Bronx. In 1970, the college admitted its first class of 623 students at the site of a former tire factory. Several years later, the college moved to a larger site nearby at 149th Street and Grand Concourse. The college also operates a location at the prow building of the Bronx Terminal Market.[1]

  1. ^ "Campus Map". Hostos Community College.